WASHINGTON — Christopher, a Marine Corps veteran who survived a truck explosion while serving in Afghanistan, said the near-death experience caused him to consider his own mortality and how he wants ...
Jack Troy Saturday, May 4, 2024 5:45 a.m. | Saturday, May 4, 2024 5:45 a.m. Steve Ball’s grave was marked not by a granite headstone or marble mausoleum upon the burial of his cremated remains last ...
This story was produced in collaboration with CivicStory as part of the New Jersey Sustainability Reporting project. Along a winding, bright green moss trail in Steelmantown Cemetery is a small ...
Burial costs have always been high. Green burials may change the narrative. Nigel Rudolph, a public archaeology coordinator for the Florida Public Archaeology Network, has noticed the trend in the ...
SUGAR CREEK TWP. – Jeff Roth, 66, walked the gravel path at Foxfield Preserve surrounded by nature. Birds chirped. Sunshine broke through clouds in a blue sky. Wildflowers dotted a prairie, and trees ...
For two years, Joel Rimstad eyed a small historic cemetery a mile north of St. Peter to plot out his plan to offer green burials. This week, it became official. The Traverse-Green Lawn Cemetery, ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding benefits to help pay for veterans' end-of-life expenses, the department announced Friday. The expanded benefits include reimbursements for transporting ...
Before Ruth Laskowski died of skin cancer, she asked to be buried as naturally as possible. She wanted an environmentally-friendly “green” burial that skips a conventional vault and metal casket, ...